Egg-tester



{No Model.)

- I. & J. MILLER.

EGG TESTER.

No. 561,906 Patented June 9, 1896.

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' ISAAC MILLER AND JOSEPH ldILLER, OF RIUIDVOOD, OHIO.

EGG-TESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561,906, dated June 9,1896.

Application filed November 9,1895. derial No. 568,440. (No model.)

To add whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ISAAC MILLER and JOSEPH MILLER, citizens of theUnited States of America, residing at Richwood, in the county of Unionand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inEgg-Testers and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved egg-tester whichis simple in construction and in which the eggs can be tested by simplyplacing them in a chamber having a slit or opening communicating with acompartment, in which are placed a series of lamps, the light beingreflected toward the opening or slit by means of a suitable reflector.

The invention consists of a frame or boX having an inclined board, uponwhich the eggs to be tested are placed, a vertical board being placedabove the lower end of the inclined board to form a slit or opening,beyond which is a compartment adapted to receive a series of lamps, thelid or cover of the compartment forming a reflector, which throws therays of light toward the slit or opening, all as will be hereinafterfully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurel isa perspective view of an egg-tester constructed in accordance with.our invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view.

The frame of the device is made up of the side pieces a a, top a, bottoma and end pieces a, and o which are rigidly secured to each other, theend. pieces extending but a short distance above the bottom board, asshown in Fig. 2. lVithin this frame is secured a tranwerse board orshelf B, which is on a line with the upper end of the front board a andinclines downward therefrom. Above the lower end of the board or shelf Band to the side pieces a a of the frame is secured a board 0, whichforms the rear wall of a chamber D, the forward end of which is open.The lower end of the board 0 is lof, carrying chimneys.

cated a short distance above the rear end of the board or shelf 13, soas to form a slit or lateral opening, which communicates with acompartment E, having a lid or cover E, which is hinged at its upper endto the rear edge of the top a of the frame, the lower end of said lidresting upon the upper edge of the end piece a to which it is secured bythe ordinary hasp and staple. Vithin the compartment E is placed areservoir F, which is placed upon the bottom board a and is providedwith a suitable number of lamp-burners The cover or lid E has acorresponding number of openings on a line with the chimneys of thelamps to permit the escape of the products of combustion.

The compartment which contains the lamps communicates with the spacebelow the board or shelf 13, so that an opening a in the end piece awill supply air to the lamps.

The walls of the chamber 1) are preferably painted black, and the uppersurface of the shelf B and lower end of the board C have attachedthereto strips 0, of black cloth, to form a cushion for the eggs whichare placed in said chamber.

The lid or cover E; is preferably made of metal and curved as shown, theinner side being burnished or polished, so as to reflect the light fromthe lamps toward the slit or opening below the lower end of the board C.

The device shown and described presents a very cheap,simple, andconvenient egg-tester, in which the eggs can be readily placed in thechamber D'against the lower end of the board C, so that the light fromthe lamps can be reflected through them, and after being tested can bequickly removed and others placed in position for testing. The clothsurfaces re-- duce the liability of the eggs being broken in placingthem in the chamber.

e are aware that prior to our invention it has been proposed to provideegg-testers with shelves having independent apertures in which the eggsare placed, a lamp being located on one side of the shelf and a chamberon the other side, through which the eggs are viewed, and we do notclaim such invention, broadly; but

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An egg-tester, consistingof a frame or cats ing constructed to provide aboard or shelf Wall of theframe providing a space which B and dependingboard 0 both inclined incommunicates with the compartment E and wardlyand forming with the top of the frame has an inlet-opening a the partsbeing com- I an open chamber having a transverse slit or bined andorganized substantially as shown 5 opening at its rear end, cloth strips0 attached and for the purpose set forth.

to the shelf and to the lower end of the board In testimony whereof weaflix our signa- (L, a metalllc lid or cover E forming one side tures inpresence of two witnesses.

of a compartment E, said lid or cover having ISAAC MILLER.

openings 6 and a polished inner surface, and JOSEPH MILLER. 10 alighting device positioned in the compart- Witnesses:

ment E in front of the polished surface of the S. D. EVANS,

lid, the inclined shelf B and bottom and front L. L. J. KOCH.

